IIT JEE , AIEEE Forum - Chemistry , Physical Chemistry - what is hybradization of carbon in graphite ?

umang

the solution says sp2-sp2-pi/3

pls explain what does this mean ?????

mukulss

are u sure of ur que????????

chetan_kp

in graphite carbon undergoes sp2 hybridisation i.e. one 2s orbital and two 2p (2px1 and 2py1) undergo hybridisation to form 3 sp2 hybrid orbitals , so 3 bonds have to satisfied by sigma bond for which in graphite each carbon atom is linked to three other carbon atoms forming regular hexagon, so u get 120 or 2pi/3 as the angle between the atoms of carbon

but i dont know why its given as pi/3

umang

i also dont know !
but one thing i want to ask is that do we represent hybradization in this way ???

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